ISO 31000 Contracts in the UK excluding London

ISO 31000
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ISO 31000 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO 31000 over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 388 437
Rank change year-on-year +58 +49 +72
Contract jobs citing ISO 31000 4 6 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.029% 0.075%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.19% 0.19% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 16
10th Percentile - - £400
25th Percentile £525 £525 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £575 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £800 £600
% change year-on-year -31.25% +33.33% +20.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

ISO 31000 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,061 3,114 3,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.13% 15.04% 14.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,294 1,822 2,393
10th Percentile £211 £254 £219
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £667 £687 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 307 183
10th Percentile £17.72 £10.95 £12.67
25th Percentile £24.18 £12.53 £18.09
Median hourly rate £46.30 £18.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +157.22% -48.57% +66.27%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.38 £61.00
90th Percentile £80.32 £67.43 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £34.75 £20.61 £36.25
% change year-on-year +68.65% -43.16% +31.82%

ISO 31000
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ISO 31000 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ISO 31000 in the UK excluding London

ISO 31000
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO 31000 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ISO 31000 in the UK excluding London

ISO 31000
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ISO 31000 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ISO 31000 in the UK excluding London

ISO 31000
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 31000 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +12 3 £550 - 2
North West +11 3 £550 - 2
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
ISO 31000
UK

ISO 31000
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (50.00%) IT Services Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Service Continuity Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Continuity Management
3 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CEH
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) ISO 22301
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft